#CD994F#CD994F

#CD994F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD994F
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 79)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 11.51, 45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 47.17, 75.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0303 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.111 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9815, 36.3288, 12.4073)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD994F #4F83CD

analogous

#CD5A4F #CD994F #C2CD4F

triadic

#CD994F #4FCD99 #994FCD

tetradic

#CD994F #4FCD5A #4F83CD #CD4FC2

square

#CD994F #4FCD5A #4F83CD #CD4FC2

split-complementary

#CD994F #4FC2CD #5A4FCD

monochromatic

#7E5924 #AE7A31 #CD994F #DBB57F #E8D0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CD994F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#CD994F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD994F

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD994F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD994F	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd994f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b683',
    500: '#cd994f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd994f;
$custom-light: #e0b683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd994f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.238,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71779,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD994F

secondary

#A2B7D6

accent

#87DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD994F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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